20 The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,(A)
    but he delights(B) in those whose ways are blameless.(C)

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20 Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the Lord,
But the blameless in their ways are His delight.

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20 One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;
    one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.

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20 He who has a [a]deceitful heart finds no good,
And he who has (A)a perverse tongue falls into evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:20 crooked